Thursday, 29 May 2014

Hi everyone. Today I thought I would bring you a very simple card using the lovely….and very large Poinsettia stamp from Stamp Addicts. As you can see it takes up a lot of space on a 4 x 4 inch card so it really is a good focal point.

Now I am no horticulturalist, but I know that poinsettias don't come in blue…….but a little bit of poetic licence is allowed in craft, right? :-)

For this card I have kept is super simple and I have coloured and decoupaged the two elements - flowers and leaves and applied them to some nice circle nestie die cuts.

And that's really all I can say on this one, other than adding some links to some lovely challenges that I would like to enter.

Hi all. I hope those of you in the UK are enjoying a lovely Bank Holiday weekend….a little more time for crafting and all the good things in life I hope.

Speaking of which….don't you think that relaxing in a bath full of fragrant bubbles is one of the most indulgent ways to spend a bit of 'me' time?

I think that this particular stamp conveys that perfectly….wouldn't it be grew to be able to fil lip your bath right to the top just like that?

As you can see, I have made a departure from my usual staples and gone for some water colour pencils for a change and I have glittered up those bubbles just a little bit (I wish you could do that in real life too!)

I have used a lovely colour combination that I stumbled on for this card, whilst printing identical papers in different colours from one of my Polkadoodles CDs (Pretty Sweet). I really love the mauve and olive together as it's soft and a little bit different to the usual pairings that I use.

So that's my very quick post for today, and finally here are some challenges that I would like to enter:

Sunday, 18 May 2014

Spring is still very much in the air here where I live and we have another beautiful sunny day to look forward to. It is 9.30 am here and I have already been out for a walk…..so peaceful, nothing but boards chirping. If only I could start every day like this :-)

So for today it's time to forget about Christmas once again and move back to all things Spring in the form of a gorgeous Fairy Glenn stamp from Sugar Nellie.

These are quite sizeable stamps which makes them really fun to colour and a great canvas for doing a bit of toning and shading. I tried to be a bit braver with my light and dark tones to get a bit more definition and I think I managed to get there this time….I just hope I can do it again!

I also made a couple of flower embellishments using Britannia flower dies in large and medium, plus some scraps of paper that I had 0 waste not want not as they say :-)

Monday, 5 May 2014

Leafing through the blogs (as you do!) I came across a sweet little sketch on Friday Sketchers which I decided to follow. Usually, by the time I get around to making the crd the challenge is already over, but on this occasion I have this little sweetie and matching papers all coloured up and ready to go, so a bit of die cutting, a bit of am bossing and I was ready to go!!

This is a gorgeous Sugar Nellie image which I coloured in with Copics (for which I have a new found love, now that I appreciate the benefit of brush nibs!

I then followed the sketch exactly to produce the card that you see here.

Hope you like it :-)

Here are some lovely challenges which I am going to enter before getting outside to enjoy a little bit of that sunshine

Thursday, 1 May 2014

Time for a new Crafty Little Fairies challenge and, guess what - to give you more time to join in the fun we are now moving on to Monthly Challenges.
The theme for this month is, 'In the Garden' and as you can see, I have interpreted the theme quite loosely here!…..but that's OK so long as you use a stamped image or digi in your project.

I have chosen this a sweet little LOTV image and paired her up with some scraps of NitWits paper that I had, to create a nice CAS card.

Last but not least, here are some other lovely challenges that I would like to enter:

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I am a working wife to a lovely husband and devoted mother to my son. I love to relax (and keep a grip on my sanity!) by crafting and I have lots of excuses to craft now as I'm a Design Team member for theCute Card Thursday and Fab n Funky challenge blogs.